End-gate



(No Model.)

J. HAISH.

Y END GATE. No. 380,483. I Patented Apr. 3, 1888.

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JACOB HAISH, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,483, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed February 23, 18P8. Serial No. 265,031..

scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the sanie,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has reference to certain irnside of the end-gate B and adapted to recipproveinents in wagon end-gates, and pertains more especially to a novel mode of fastening the upper halfof the end-gate to the side-boards of the wagon-box; second,to novel mechanism for stiffening the upper half, and also holding it in proper relation to the lower half of said end-gate, and incidentally holding the lower half of said end-gate centrally, and,third, to a novel means for fastening detachably the lower half of said end-gate to the floor of the wagonbox.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the rear end of awagon-box provided with my invention, the connection between the upper half of the end-gate and the sides of the box being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 exhibits details of certain parts involved.

My invention, while adapted to any endgate, is especially designed to apply to those cases in which a double box is used,one being placed directly over the other, so as to double the capacity. Boxes of this construction are now largely used for the transportation of loose grain and live stock.

A isa wagon-box,which may be constructed of single or double sides.

13 is the upper endgate, and G the lower one.

B B are the usual vertical cleats of the upper end-gate, and G G are the vertical cleats of the lower end-gate.

Referring to the first part of my invention, D is a threaded nut seated rigidly in the outer edge of the cleat B.

E is a short screw-bolt inserted through the sides of the box A and provided at its inner end with a thread to engage the thread of the (No model.)

nut D. A fixed annular flange, E, is formed on the bolt Ea short distance within the head thereof,wliich,when the bolt E is screwed into the nut D, abuts against a fixed washer, I fastened to the outsideof theboX A. A smaller round fixed collar, G, is fastened to the bolt E, within the washer F, being partially countersunk in the box A, and prevents the casual withdrawalof the bolt E. The outer end of the bolt E is furnished with a ring or open end, and by the insertion therein of a stick or rod the bolt E can be screwed into or withdrawn from the nut D.

H is a short vertical bolt placed at the rear rocate in a vertical way or sleeve, H,attachcd to the outside of said gate. To the upper end of the bolt H are pivoted the inner ends of the laterally-extending arms J J, which latter respectively extend outward from the center of the endgate B, parallel therewith and contiguous thereto, and when the bolt His disengaged the inner ends of the arms J are raised slightly above the horizontal; but when the bolt His forced downward the arms Jbecome substantially horizontal, and their outer ends are forced into suitable openings, J, formed in the cleats B and box A. A. socket, K, is formed on the lower end-gate,G,centrally, and directly under the sleeve H, and these parts are so related that when the bolt H is forced downward into the socket K the arms J J are, by the same movement, respectively driven outward into the holes J, and the end-gate B is thereby more firmly held in the box A,and the contiguous edges of the endgates B and G held in suitable relation to each other,and the lower end-gate, G, further strengthened at its upper edge to resist the outward pressure of the contents of the box A.

The lower end-gate, G, is flexibly attached to the upper end-gate,B,by means of the hinges L L, fastened, respectively, to the cleats B and C over and connecting their adjacent ends. The lower portion of the end-gate O is held in place by the following device:

A plate, M, is suitably attached to the outside of the end-gate O,near the bottom thereof, and provided with the vertical way or sleeve M, and also with the diagonal slot N, which latter is formed diagonally across the sleeve M. The vertical bolt is seated in the sleeve M and provided with the horizontal arm P, projected outwardly through the slot N. The plate M is so placed within the end-gate Cthat the bolt 0, when the arm 1? is resting in the bottom of the slot N, shall be at the diagonal v center of the end-gate O, and directly under this point there is formed a socket, R, in the bottom of the box A for the reception of the lower end of the bolt 0. A second plate, S, is attached to the outside of the end-gate 0, adjacent to the plate M, and provided with the external upwardly-extending lip or lug, T, adapted to receive and hold the arm P when the bolt 0 is inserted in the socket B,and said arm rests on the bottom of the slot N. When the arm P is retained in the lip T, it lies parallel with and against the end-gate C and assists in strengthening the latter.

On the plate M,at the side of the bolt 0 opposite to the plate S and somewhat higher than the lip T, is formed the upwardly-extending lip or lug V, adapted to receive and retain the arm P when the bolt 0 is withdrawn from the socket R for the purpose of allowing the endgate 0 to swing open and permit the removal or discharge of the contents of the box A. As the bolt 0 is withdrawn,as aforesaid,it is given about a half-revolution,the arm P being swung around rearward from the lip S to the lip Vand passing up the diagonal slot N. The bolt 0 is held in the position of withdrawal jointly by the lower wall of the slot N and the lip V. When the bolt 0 is inserted in the socket R,it is supported on the end-gate C by the arm P, resting jointly on the lower end of the slot N and in the lip T. If desired,'the lower end-gate C may also be furnished with the bolt E and its adjacent devices, as heretofore described in reference to the end-gate B, it being understood that the fastenings last named are used at each end of the end-gate B.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

'1. The combination of the box A, end-gate B, provided with cleat B, the nut D therein, bolt E, provided with collars E and G, and the washer F, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described. I

2. The combination of the box A, end-gate B, provided with sleeve H, arms J J ,and endgate 0, provided with socket K, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the box A, provided with holes J, the end-gate B, provided with holes J and sleeve H, the bolt H, arms J J, and end-gate C, provided'with socket K, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of the box A, provided with socket R, the end-gates O and B, provided with hinges L, the plate M, provided with slot N and lip V, plate S, provided with lip T, and the bolt 0, provided with arm P, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

5. The combination of the end-gate G, suitably hinged to the end-gate B, the plate M, provided with sleeve M, slot N, and lip V, the plate S, provided with lip T, bolt 0, pro vided with arm P, and box A, provided with socket R, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB HAISH.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN F. BERGQVIST, SAM. P. BRADSHAW. 

